Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC9311006

Category: Moccasins

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux

Period: 1875-1900 - ca. 1885

Materials: Native tanned buffalo hide; glass seed beads; red wool cloth; cotton cloth; sinew sewn.

Description: Fully beaded uppers are decorated with horse tracks in navy blue against a contrasting background of half light blue and half yellow. Cuffs are decorated with red wool cloth.

Dimensions: Length 9.5 inches

Provenance:

Marvin Lince, Tualatin, Oregon
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 37

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